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Title | : | Freedom's Landing (Catteni #1) |
Author | : | Anne McCaffrey |
Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Ace Mass Market Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 324 pages |
Published | : | June 1st 1996 by Ace (first published 1995) |
Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy. Romance. Aliens. Adventure |
Anne McCaffrey
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 324 pages Rating: 3.95 | 9952 Users | 282 Reviews
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Kristin Bjornsen lived a normal life, right up until the day the spaceships floated into view above Denver. As human slaves were herded into the maw of a massive vessel, Kristin realized her normal life was over and her fight for freedom was just beginning…The alien Catteni value strength and intelligence in their slaves—and Kristin has managed to survive her enslavement while hundreds of other humans have not. But her trial has just begun, for now she finds herself part of a massive experiment. The aliens have discovered a new world, and they have a simple way of finding out if it’s habitable: drop hundreds of slaves on the surface and see what happens.
If they survive, colonization can begin. If not, there are always more slaves.
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Original Title: | Freedom's Landing (Catteni Vol. 1) |
ISBN: | 0441003389 (ISBN13: 9780441003389) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Catteni #1 |
Characters: | Kristen Bjornsen, Zanial |
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Ratings: 3.95 From 9952 Users | 282 ReviewsCommentary Appertaining To Books Freedom's Landing (Catteni #1)
Nice, simple. Good guys (mostly) win, some aliens are good guys, pioneering on a new planet. And if you are going to be pioneering on a new planet, the kinds of humans you want to have along are Americans, Aussies, and the Irish. That is, McCaffrey isn't afraid of being politically incorrect and uses stereotypes liberally... The only really interesting character is the alien, natch. But I like McCaffrey's story-telling, and she never hurts my brain.This turns out to be the first of four, notI'm a bit biased. I loved Anne McCaffrey's "Pern" novels as a kid. A year or so ago, I discovered that McCaffrey was not an obscure, one-series author hidden in the corner of the bookstore as I once thought. When I started reading her work again, I realized how much her books had influenced my tastes- all those wonderful new planets and creatures I had been craving were because of her!Onto this one. I haven't finished this series yet but if this first book is anything to go on, it's looking to
Not bad, works ok when read in isolation although it is very much a part of a series. Leaves you on a slight cliffhanger at the end.Reads fast. Reads a bit like a teen/YA book in its flow and simplicity, but some subject matter not appropriate for a teen book.
I had high hopes for the premise -kidnapped outworlders abandoned on strange new planet and they have to learn to survive. I just don't think it reached its potential. The MC's were appealing but one dimensional and the dangers of the new planet were never dangerous enough. Reviews of book 2 have persuaded me that things get worse in terms of characterisation and plot so I will stop here.
This is a survivalist story, about a group of humans and aliens working together to establish civilization. They fight natives, not in the form of primitive aliens, but in the form of mechanized robots that seem to farm the planet on autopilot. Who owns these machines? They don't know, but they'd love to find out.The group has to deal with plenty of normal concerns, as well as hostility toward the Catteni (the race that invaded Earth), Zainal, who is deposited with them. Kris, a survival expert,
Another great Anne McCaffrey book, but it has a part that I felt was unnecessary and trashy. I just skipped a few pages and everything was fine fater that.
I bumped into this by accident in the library, and since McCaffrey died Id been meaning to read something by her, and the blurb looked to be promising SF with a dash of romance I decided to take the entire series with me on Christmas break. Im so glad I did, because I really liked this first book. It dives right in when Kris an escaped human slave on a strange planet, encounters Zainal, a Catteni (the aliens who invaded Earth and took a bunch of humans off-planet as slaves), who is on the run
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